However, he must not appeal to me by way of tearful blandishment.
I look on that with one joyful eye and one tearful eye.
I think one has to be a little less tearful about that than many members of the profession appear to be in their present mood.
To that they were tearful is an understatement.
Tearful emotionality, of the kind usually labelled 'sentimental', mediated by song, film, and television, has forged nations and citizens and a sense of place in the modern world.
Have you been tearful or crying?
Tearful, having to go without a drink, by the sound of it.
In fact, 'femininity', in its pretty, blushing, talkative, tearful way, was shown still to be the most effective tool of all for the career woman.
